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28 years old β old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
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Out of Sight
"Opposites attract."
1998 2h 3m EN
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6.7
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94%
CERTIFIED FRESH
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84
METACRITIC
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IMDB
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6.7TMDB Β· 1,460π
94%Rotten Tomatoesβ84Metacriticβ
7IMDB Β· 103,728
RomanceComedyCrime
Synopsis
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Meet Jack Foley, a smooth criminal who bends the law and is determined to make one last heist. Karen Sisco is a federal marshal who chooses all the right moves β¦ and all the wrong guys. Now they're willing to risk it all to find out if there's more between them than just the law.
βOpposites attract.β
Cast
George Clooney
Jack Foley
Jennifer Lopez
Karen Sisco
Ving Rhames
Buddy Bragg
Don Cheadle
Maurice 'Snoopy' Miller
Steve Zahn
Glenn Michaels
Dennis Farina
Marshall Sisco
Catherine Keener
Adele Delisi
Isaiah Washington
Kenneth
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Steven Soderbergh
- Writers
- Scott Frank
- Languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
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Fun facts πΏ
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CAST
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213+ people credited in cast and crew β a small city's worth of labour.
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DIRECTOR
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Directed by Steven Soderbergh, shot by Elliot Davis. Note their partnership β DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
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DIRECTOR
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Original score by David Holmes. Worth a dedicated listen after β most great films lose half their impact without the score.
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DIRECTOR
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Editor Anne V. Coates shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
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CAST
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George Clooney and Jennifer Lopez and Ving Rhames carry the top of the cast.
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FACT
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Marketing tagline: "Opposites attract.".
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IMDB entry: tt0120780 β still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
Steven Soderbergh directs. Elliot Davis behind the camera. David Holmes scores. Anne V. Coates cuts. Profitable at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 128 years old β old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
- 2213+ people credited in cast and crew β a small city's worth of labour.
- 3Directed by Steven Soderbergh, shot by Elliot Davis. Note their partnership β DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
- 4Original score by David Holmes. Worth a dedicated listen after β most great films lose half their impact without the score.
- 5Editor Anne V. Coates shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
- 6George Clooney and Jennifer Lopez and Ving Rhames carry the top of the cast.
- 7Marketing tagline: "Opposites attract.".
- 8IMDB entry: tt0120780 β still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 9Released under 11 different titles around the world.
The technical file
- Cinematography
- Elliot Davis
- Original score
- David Holmes
- Editing
- Anne V. Coates
- Production design
- Gary Frutkoff
- Costume design
- Betsy Heimann
- Makeup / hair
- Bill Corso
- VFX supervisor
- Brad Kuehn
- Sound
- Larry Blake
- Stunt coordinator
- G.A. Aguilar
- Runtime
- 123 min Β· 2h 3m
- Aspect ratio (typical)
- 1.37:1 (Academy)
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $48,000,000
- Box office
- $77,745,966
- Return
- 162% of budget
- Original language
- EN
- Certification (US)
- R
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 94% π Fresh
- Metacritic
- 84/100
- IMDB rating
- 7/10 Β· 103,728 votes
- MPAA
- R
Awards
Nominated for 2 Oscars. 13 wins & 15 nominations total
Also by
Steven Soderbergh
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Trailers & featurettes
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Community reviews
What people are saying
- CinemaSerfβ 6/10
George Clooney is always good as the debonaire crook. Right from the start, he has a certain panache as he casually robs a bank - though he ought to have bought a more reliable getaway car. In and out of prison, he ("Foley") finds himself in possession of a US Marshall "Sisco" (Jennifer Lopez) whom he imprisons in the boot of her car after another of his robberies goes awry! His latest period of incarceration, however, introduces him to millionaire fraudster "Dick" (Albert Brooks) who is being ripped off for protection and in-prison luxuries by "Miller" (Don Cheadle). They vie, for a while, over this lucrative gent before deciding that the best plan is to join forces to relieve him of his reputed $5m in uncut diamonds hidden at one of his many properties. With the determined "Sisco" in pursuit, off they set on this quite entertaining quest with plenty of duplicity and the odd thwacking before an ending that is distinctly fishy. Of course there is some romance - "Sisco" and "Foley" certainly spark, and aside from the on-form Cheadle, Ving Rhames and the always slightly quirky Steve Zahn provide much added value as this otherwise procedural story moves along. It's far too long. At over two hours, the film struggles to sustain itself for periods at the start; it takes it's own sweet time to build up an head of steam, but once it gets going it has a genial charm to it and Clooney holds it together with a glint in his eye and his tongue in his cheek. Forgettable, but fun.
- JPV852β 8/10
Not a favorite of mine amongst Soderbergh's works (I'd rank Ocean's Eleven and Traffic above this) but still highly entertaining crime-romance-comedy with Clooney and Lopez sharing some wonderful chemistry. This one does have Soderbergh's trademark style with cool blues in the Detroit scenes and oversaturation for Florida. 4.0/5
Production companies
Who made it
Universal Pictures
US
Jersey Films
US
Key crew
- NovelElmore Leonard
- Executive ProducerJohn Hardy
- ProducerStacey Sher
- Executive ProducerBarry Sonnenfeld
- ProducerDanny DeVito
- ProducerMichael Shamberg
- EditorAnne V. Coates
- Makeup ArtistBill Corso
- Second Assistant DirectorTrey Batchelor
- First Assistant DirectorGregory Jacobs
- Second Second Assistant DirectorMichael Risoli
- Sound Re-Recording MixerLarry Blake
- Supervising Sound EditorLarry Blake
- Set DresserMike Malone
- Art DirectionPhilip Messina
- Post Production SupervisorCaitlin Maloney
- Second Second Assistant DirectorWilliam D. Robinson
- Costume DesignBetsy Heimann
- Set DesignerKeith P. Cunningham
- SwingKathleen A. Runey
- Foley MixerDavid Betancourt
- Set DecorationMaggie Martin
- Paint CoordinatorSteven Kerlagon
- CastingFrancine Maisler
Themes & keywords
What it's about, really
- bedroom
- prison escape
- heist
- u.s. marshal
- locked in trunk of car
- diamond theft
- car trunk
Release history Β· US
When it landed
- Premiere1998-06-24RΒ· New York City, New York
- Theatrical1998-06-26R
Also known as
International titles
- AfarΔ din vedereRO
- Out of Sight - MieletΓΆn juttuFI
- Ektos eleghouGR
- Ektos elegxouGR
- μ‘°μ§ ν΄λ£¨λμ νμ KR
- Out of Sight - Gli opposti si attraggonoIT
- IrresistΓvel PaixΓ£oBR
- Utenfor rekkeviddeNO
- γ’γ¦γγ»γͺγγ»γ΅γ€γJP
- γ’γ¦γγ»γͺγγ»γ΅γ€γοΌ1998JP
- Out of Sight: Utom synhΓ₯llSE
